Education: For Good Old N.Y.U.

For $5, a student at New York University could throw a pie in somebody's
face last weekand have the added satisfaction of knowing that he was
helping the fund for a student-union building. Armored in long
raincoats, volunteer pie stoppers received volleys in their choice of
six flavors: huckleberry, cherry, apple, chocolate, lemon meringue and
banana cream. Speech Professor Alan Coutts, who is also director of
student activities and a veteran of a similar pie sling a year ago,
heartily recommended banana cream. "That's pretty nice; I tried it last
year." Later, grimacing bravely, Coutts stepped forward and got a...